“I’m sorry… was that supposed to be a pickup line?” If it was, it had the poorest delivery in the history of pickup lines. Ranger’s eyes bulged, and he visibly flinched as though I was the inappropriate one. “What? No.” He bundled his arms over his chest. “I apologize. I just mean… I only meant that research has shown that handshakes spread about a hundred and twenty-four million bacterial cells, whereas a ten-second kiss only transfers about eighty million.”
